An institution of higher education that depicts in-person classes in its promotional and course materials does not have an implied contractual obligation to deliver instruction solely in that form, a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled in a breach-of-contract class action against Widener University. 

On Jan. 28, U.S. District Judge John Younge of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania dismissed a suit led by student Sara Brezinski against the school, in which the students said they paid the full tuition of a regular school term but received a lower-quality education when the school switched to online classes for the 2020 spring semester. 

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